Antirobbery and burglar-proof car.



T. SMITH. ANTIROBBERY AND BUBGLAR PROOF CAB.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 31, 1913.

1,089,506, Patented Mar.10, 1914.

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UNlTED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

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lie it known that l. 'lHouAs (l. SMITH,

citizen of the United States, residing at Sew j (ll-leans. in the parish of tlrleans and State ol Louisiana. have invented ne 1 and useful 5 is in intiroblrn'y and l'lurglai l inpro ven'ie Proof la 1 speeihcation.

My present in'vcntion pertains t cars.

The object of the invention is to provide an antirobbery and burglar-prooli car. cinbodying such a construction that the carryin 'apacity of the car is practically undimini ned and yet a guard is enabled to elleetuallv resist robbers and prevent them from gaming acce s to the more valuable portion of the matter eai'r in the car. even if they gain act, to the l-ocvcr apartment in which ordinar I er is carr' 'lhc invinilon also contemplates making the who e of the car body of steel and the utilization of the upper apartment in its cntirety a safe. thus rendering it unnccessar to increase the weight of the car and the cost of transporting valuables by providing safes or vaults to hold the same, the valuables, on the other hand, being placed in boxes, pigeon holcs or other means provided for their reception and built when desired in the apartment.

The invention further contemplates the provision of a car having a lower a Jill'tll'lQIlt and an upper apartment, and also having means calcuiated to enable a guard or guards in the upper apartment to preterit a robber from enteningthe lower apartment and to also effectually resist the passage of a person from the lower apartment to the upper apartment. this latter being ad antageous in the event that a person surreptitiously gains access to the lower apartment; or the attendant or attendants in said apartment prove dishonest.

Other advantageous characteristics of the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claim when the same are read in connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part of this specification, in which:

Figure l is a horizontal section talccn through the upper apartment of the car body constituting the best practical embodiment of my invention that I have as yet dovised, and showing the horizontal partition of which the following is a express Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 1 t). 15H 4.

Application filed May 31, 1813. Serial No. 770830.

Y wall and its appurtenances in plan. 1 is a vertical tranJ-iverso section of the car.

Similar numerals and letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drau ings.

The body of my novel car is preferably i!'i1-lllu'tc l of steel, and is divided by a ho: zontal partition wall 1 into a lower apartment 2, and an upper apartment; I The lower apartment is preferably of a l slightly greater height than the upper apartment. and said lower apartment is, by pre crencc. provided with side doors a and end doors Z in the lower aparti'ncnt is designed to be carried ordinary express packages or l matter such as ordinarily not of great: value, and is therefore not likely to excite the cupidity of robbers.

The upper apartn'ient is designed to carry currency. jewelry, bullion and other valuables, and in this connection it will be nrted tha t iiotwithstanding the upper apartment can be eli'eetually isolated from the lower apartment, the provision of the said upper apartment does not detract to an appreciable extent from the carrying capacity of the car; and it, will also be no ;cd that one or more express messengers or guards can be disposed and comfortably accommodated in the upper apartment. In the side walls of the upper apartment 3, window openings 4 are provided, and these openings are preferably barred or latticed as shown, and are further controlled by slidable shutters 5 of steel.

it. will be manifest that the upper apartment 3 being formed by steel walls, and being: adapted as hereinafter described in detail, to be completely isolated from the lower apartment. is in itself a steel safe, and that therefore it is not necessary precedentv to placing valuables in said apartment for transportation to store the valuables in heavy safes. On the other hand, the valuables can be placed in pigeon holes or othci compartments provided in the apartment 3, or if desired the valuables can be packed in small. boxes or can be carried in bulk in the said apartment.

in the central portion of the partition wall I, an opening 6 is provided, the said opening being designed to enable a guard to pass from the lower apartment to the upper apartment; and vice versa and being also designed for the passage of valuables to and from the upper apartment 3. The opening (3 is controlled by a steel door 7, and said door 7 is disposed in a guideway S), calculated to etlectually prevent raising thereoi. I would also have it understood that any suitable means, such as a eonventional lock (not shown) may be employed to door 7 in its clos positiongfthe said lock being of course under the control of a guard located in the apartment 3.

In addition to the opening (3, the partition wall 1 is provided with small openings 10, controlled by slidable doors 11, disposed in guideways 12. There is one of the said small openings 10 above and adjacent each door con'u ilementary to the lower apartment 2, and each opening 10 is only large enough to enable the guard or guards in the upper apartment to command by gun play the doors a and 7) of the lower apartment.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that my novel car is constructed to al foro protection and safety from robbery from within, on the part of the cn'iployees in the lower apartment, for instance, as well from without by holdup-men or train robbers.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

An anti-robbery and burglar-proof car body divided by a horizontal partition into lower and upper apartments that extend throughout it area and a f f. obstruction, and having doors in the side Walls O one apartment and also having a large central opening in the partition wall and small openin s in said partition wall located adjacent the first-named doors, horizontally slidable doors for controlling said openings in the horizontal partition, and guideways on said partition constructed and arranged to prevent vertical movement of the doors; the apartment other than the one having doors in its side walls being constructed anc arranged to accommodate a guard and prevent entrance to the apartment except through the central opening in the partition.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS G. lMITH.

\Vitnesses JonN L. FELIN, E. KELLY.

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